''Two Came Back'' is a 1997
television film
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based on the true story of
Deborah Scaling Kiley as told in her book ''Albatross'' (1994).
Melissa Joan Hart stars alongside
Jonathan Brandis.
Plot
Susan Clarkson (Melissa Joan Hart) agrees to go with Jason (Jonathan Brandis) and three other young crew members and deliver a 60-foot
sailing yacht from
San Diego
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to
Vancouver
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to a potential buyer. However the over-anxious captain sails off course and the crew runs into some bad weather. While out at sea, the yacht sinks, leaving the crew to fend for themselves against the merciless elements. All trapped on the yacht's dinghy, they find themselves without food, water or supplies and with sharks posing a constant threat to their survival.
Cast
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Melissa Joan Hart as Susan Clarkson
*
Jonathan Brandis as Jason
*David Gail as Matt
*Susan Sullivan as Patricia Clarkson
*Jon Pennell as Rick
*
Susan Walters
Susan Walters, is an American actress and former model, best known for her roles as Lorna Forbes on the ABC daytime soap opera ''Loving'' from 1983 to late 1986 and as Diane Jenkins on the CBS soap opera '' The Young and the Restless'' from 200 ...
as Allie
*Steven Ford as Lieutenant Belwick
*James D. Fields as Susan's teammate
*Elliot Woods as Coast Guardsman
*Tracy Villar as Coast Guardswoman
See also
*''
Capsized: Blood in the Water'', film based on same events
External links
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American television films
1997 television films
1997 films
Films based on non-fiction books
Seafaring films based on actual events
Films about survivors of seafaring accidents or incidents
Films directed by Dick Lowry
Films scored by Michael Tavera
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